The woman accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her in 2003, has lamented what she said was the "hero’s welcome" he was given.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has finally returned to Paris for the first time since a sex scandal which scuppered his hopes for the French presidency.

Lawyers for the maid who says Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her have demanded a new prosecutor, throwing the case into further disarray.

The Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal took an astonishing new twist when a French writer announced she was filing a lawsuit.